Tuesday Tutorial with Tricia Barber

 Hello!  Tricia here with you today to share with you a few tips for adding interest to your cards.   I created this Slimline design card with the Slimline Clouds Die set.  I die cut a panel from white cardstock.   I layered this onto a panel of light yellow cardstock.  I add more dimension to yellow panel, I stamped it with the Buffalo Plaid Background stamp.   Since this is a 6x6 stamp, I used some post it tape to tape the panel before stamping and made sure that one of the clouds was positioned to cover the line between stamping it a second time. 

I love this Happy Hamster stamp set!   I create the look of transparency in the blue balloon, I colored it as I normally would using E35, E34, E30, R27, R22, B49, B13 and B10.   I let it dry completely.  Once dry, I then went over the brown with BG0000, BG000 and BG01.   I used very little of the BG01, just enough to provide more of a shadow.   

Here are the rest of the Copic Markers I used: 

Hamsters: E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E50, E51, E53, R20

Balloons:  R22, R24, R27, R29, Y11, Y13, Y15

Cupcake: E29, E27, E25, R81, R83, E85, Y11, Y15, C0, C1 

For my sentiments, I used the Simple Sentiments Strips Die set along with the Simple Sentiments stamp set.  I love how this make it super easy to create your sentiment banners.   I finished off the card by adding some Nuvo drops and I always make sure to add them into odd numbers and in the form of a triangle. 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Pretty in Plaid...

Hello everyone!

I hope 2019 is being kind to you so far!

I'm starting the year off by showing you my favourite card made with January new release goodies!

I have used the beautiful background stamp

Buffalo Plaid Background Rubber Cling Stamp

and

Thanks Word with Shadows Die Set

To make my card I stamped the Buffalo Plaid Background Rubber Cling Stamp with an embossing pad and heat embossed it in white (The white heat embossed ink resists the colour from the Distress Inks).

Then I blended Distress Inks on top of the embossed plaid background - I used Evergreen Bough, Worn Lipstick, Shaded Lilac and Scattered Straw which are quite delicate and look gorgeous together.

I used two square dies together to die cut a white frame and fixed the frame to the background.

Next I die cut white card with the Thanks Word with Shadows Die Set and blended Evergreen Bough Distress Ink over the word thanks.  I fixed that to the stitched edged die cut shadow and then fixed the die cuts to the bottom right hand side of the card design as shown.

Finally I added some glitter dots to the card design in similar colours to the Distress Ink.

I think this is just so pretty and delicate and is an effect I will definitely use again!

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for some essential retail therapy! (;

Old Geezer

Hi, it's Jamie Martin with you today and I hope everyone had a Happy New Year and is ready to have a creative crafty year!  I sure am and it's time to share a card made with new January release stamps and dies.

Today I used the Old Geezer Clear Stamp Set which comes with a bunch of funny sayings but for this card, I used the new Old Fart Large Word Die to go with this Old Geezer.  He's colored with Prisma Colored Pencils and his background was stenciled with the Formal Lattice Stencil, which was sponged with Tea Dye Ink.

The image is layered against a panel stamped with the new Buffalo Plaid Background Stamp using blue ink.  And to make it just a little extra funny I added glitter to the gas plume, hehe.

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Thanks in Plaid

Hello, everyone. Iris here today with a card showcasing the Buffalo Plaid background stamp,
Thanks Word and Shadow die set and You're too kind clear stamps.

I stamped the Buffalo Plaid Background stamp onto medium blue cardstock using Versafine Clair Paradise ink to create the background panel. I then die cut the word thanks using the Thanks Word and Shadow die from the background panel as well as 3 times from black heavyweight cardstock. I layered (and glued) all the thanks die cuts on top of each other ending with the blue one and set it aside. Now I stamped the word thanks from the You're too kind clear stamps set above and below the cut out on the plaid background panel. I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp.

My card base is a top fold card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). To make the blue panel pop I layered it onto a black cardstock panel slightly smaller than the card base. 

After adhering all layers I inserted the word thanks back into the negative space on the blue panel and glued it down. A few tiny gemstones finish off my card.

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